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An Official Weekly Magazine of the Girl Guides Association
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THE President: H.R.H. The.Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
World Chief Guide: Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, G.B.E.

E (©) Chief Commissioner: Mrs. Owen Walker, J.P. —
All communications to: THE BROWNIE, 17/19 Buckingham

Palace Road, London SW1W OPT (01-834 6242).

Dear Brownies,

In THE BROWNIE issue of 6th October we pub-
lished a play called ‘Brownie Christmas’. In this play
we had six Brownies carol singing.

A reader has pointed out to us that of course
Brownies do not go carol singing and we apologise
most sincerely for this mistake. The author of the
play did not know our rules so it is our fault for not
spotting the error.

I am sure your Brownie Guider will have already
explained this to you.

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Yours sincerely, "Lend a Hand" in this week's
THE EDITOR. BROWNIE and then ГІ tell you a

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EDITOR: Jean Rush

ASSISTANT EDITOR: Pam Price
ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER: Ann Martin

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and the bottle three-quarters full. in the bottle should be higher than the

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to the bottle with the middle line level means fine weather. If it fails, bad

with the water line. . weather is usually on the way.

by
Alan Major

T HE mistletoe is a semi-
parasitic shrub, which
means that it does not grow
from the earth with its own
roots, but instead is
attached to a tree and takes
some of its food and water
from the tree by means of
sucker-roots. Birds help to
spread the mistletoe. When
the berry-eating birds see a
mistletoe shrub with
clusters of whitish berries
they eat them, but the
berries contain a very
sticky seed which they can-
not swallow and attaches
itself to their beak. They fly
to a tree with rough
bark and branches and
wipe their beak on these. In
doing so the seed becomes
fixed to the tree and after
winter is over the seed
grows a thick root which
burrows into the tree bark
and so a new mistletoe
shrub develops. The
mistletoe is not completely

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parasitic as it can make the
food required for its green
leaves itself. It is ever-
green, the greenish-yellow
leaves staying on the shrub
even when the leaves of the
tree on which it is living
have fallen. Hundreds of
years ago it used to be
worshipped as a god
because it had leaves when
the tree seemed to be dead
in wintertime. It was also
considered sacred and used
as a symbol of peace and
love. Brides and brides-
maids centuries ago used to
carry bouquets of mistletoe
for this reason. Bunches
were hung up in places

where people met and they
kissed under it to show they
came as friends. Even to-
day it is still hung from the
ceiling in homes as part of
the decorations. In the wild
in our countryside,
mistletoe usually grows
most often on wild apple,
poplar, hawthorn, lime and
willow, but not very often
on oak, elm, beech or birch.
Most of the mistletoe sold
in shops at Christmas
comes from Brittany,
France, where the fruit
growers specially
cultivate it on the apple
trees in their orchards.

Dear God,
Please

the
children all over the world and

look after all
make everybody good and
happy. Amen.

JAYNE WADE,
8th Hinckley (St. Peter's) Pack,
Leicestershire.

Prayers by
Brownies

Thank you dear Lord, for the

clothes we wear, and the food we

eat. Also for looking after the
sick people. Amen.

PATRICIA KNEALE,

Ist Uppingham Pack,

Rutland.

Dear Lord Jesus,

Help me to do what I should.
Bless all the people who have
helped me, or I have helped
them. Thank you for the fruit,
flowers, trees and all living
things. Help me to be good and
willing, to do what my parents
say and help me to be loyal to my
Pack. Bless all who help us live
like the builder, teacher, and lots
of others. Please bless our pets
great and small. [Through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

KATIE GRANGER,
2nd Chipstead Pack,
Surrey East.

The Brownie, Ist December, 1976

Lenda Hand

T HIS is the time of
year when all Christian
families begin to prepare
for the festival of Christ-
mas. Shops are bright with
special window displays,
and in homes, schools and
churches plans are already
under way for festivities to
celebrate the birth of the
Christ Child.

Perhaps your Pack is
planning a special venture
in which somebody less
fortunate than you will be
helped or entertained. This
is fun to do and gives a lot
of pleasure to all who take
part so be ready to ‘Lend a
Hand' with ideas at Pow
Wow.

Do you know of anyone
living alone, or who cannot
get out very much, or who
needs cheering up who
would like to receive a card
or a small gift, or a visit
from your Pack? I’m sure
there are people like this in
your neighbourhood, but
because they are lonely or
sad they sometimes get left
out or forgotten. Could
you try to discover if there
is anyone in your area who
needs a bit of ‘Christmas
Cheer? Here are some
suggestions to help you.

by Mary Millican

Ask mummy if you may
ask the milkman if he
delivers milk to anyone
living alone. The postman
might be able to tell you of
some houses where he
never delivers letters —

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Jennetta
Vise

only bills. The Minister or
Priest of your church may
be able to help you. The
local branch of the
W.R.V.S. would know
where *Meals on Wheels'
are taken to folk living
alone.

Dont forget to ask
mummy’s permission be-
fore you do your detective
work. Next, pass the in-
formation on to your
Brownie Guider at Pow
Wow.

І always send a lot of
Christmas cards to friends
that I like to remember, at

this time of year. I like
writing the cards, and |
don't mind addressing the
envelopes, but I often wish
I had a Brownie to stick the
stamps on for me, and seal
the envelopes.

the

family
Christmas cards will be

In your

written and addressed
round about now. How
about offering to stick on
the stamps and seal the
envelopes? Don't make the
stamps too wet or they
won't stand up to their
journey through the post.
Fix them neatly and the
right way up in the top right
hand corner of the
envelope. A Christmas seal
on the flap at the back of
the envelope gives it an
extra cheery look.

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Dear Lord Jesus,

We shall have this day only
once, help us to do all the good
we can so that today is not a
wasted day. Amen.

COLEEN GILMOUR,
25th English Martyrs Pack,
Newcastle.

Dear God,

Thank you for people who
have helped me and others.
Please help them to be able to
carry on helping other people.
Amen. -

SAMANTHA SKELLS,
4th Wymondham Pack,
Norfolk.

Dear God,
Thank you very much for
nature and animals. Thank you
for my mouth, lips, eyes and ears.
Please help ill people to get better
soon, and if they die, please bless
and cheer up their relations.
Help people in wars to be more
friendly with each other. Please
bless everything and everyone.
Amen. :
WENDY CROUCH,

Ilth Harrogate (St.

North Yorkshire.

Dear Lord,

Thank you very much indeed
for the food we eat. Thank you
for the homes we live in, and our
friends, parents and school
teachers. Please help the poor
and elderly people. Please help
the miners underground who dig
forcoaland the men who drill for
oil. Thank you also for our kind
Brown Owl. Amen.

CATRIONA FAIRBAIRN,
6th City of Edinburgh Pack,
Scotland.

Pat Mitchell

Have you ever met a Browniefrom
overseas? А .friend. had
Scandinavian Brownie to stay once
and at dinner time the poor visitor
put a great deal of pepper on her
meal and only a little salt. The pots
were filled the wrong way round as
far as she was concerned. In her

country the pot with the most holes
was for salt because you used a lot of
that. The pot with one hole was for
pepper because onlya little was used.
When you think about it, isn't that a
sensible idea!

The Brownie, Ist December, 1976

Al| over the world people are
doing everyday things in. different
ways. Even the other end of our

- country has different customs, even

words, from our own. The gadget for
airing clothes by the radiator has at
least three names depending on
where you live in Britain — clothes
horse, maiden and donkey!
Whenever you meet people from
abroad, or are perhaps lucky enough
to visit them in their own country,
and you find the customs strange,
even funny, do remember one thing.
Our particular way of doing things is
simply a habit. We do it that way

. because that's the way we've always

seen it done. It doesn't follow that
our way is the best way, the right
way. |

It could well be that the way we do
things, so .obviously right and
sensible to us, seems very peculiar to
others!

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The Brownie, Ist December, 1976

SIMPLE DECORATIONS TO MAKE

WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME CHRISTMAS IS.
ONE OF THÉ NICEST THINGS 15 THE WAY PEOPLE
DECORATE THEIR HOMES. WHY NOT MAKE
YOUR OWN DECORATIONS? LITTLE LANTERNS,
STARS, BELL AND BALL SHAPES LOOK
LOVELY MIXED WITH THE GREENERY
OR PAPER CHAINS. TO MAKE THE
LANTERNS CUT OLT COLOURED FOLD DOWN "=
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BALLS AND STARS OF DIFFERENT SIZES.
SEW TWO OR THREE STARS TOGETHER
AND ATTACH COTTON TIES

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PAPER CHAINS LOOK VERY GRY.

HERE iS а VERY EASY ONE TO MAKE,
сот OUT COLOURED PAPER, OR PIECES

OF WRAPPING ао CMS BY 3 CMS.

STICK ONE
TOGETHER

AND THEN THREAD

THE EST THOUGH

ONE BY ONE.

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MAKE ANOTHER

KIND OF

CHAIN BY
CUTTING DIFFERENT

LENGTHS AND JOINING ONE SMALL To
ONE LONG RING. CON YOU INVENT

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* MAKE A CHAIN OF ANGELS
OR SANTA CLAUSES. TAKE SOME PAPER
8 CMS DEEP By AS LONG AS YOU CAN FIND IT. FOLD
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AN ANGEL, SANTA егаоѕ OR 1057 A ноу LEAF,
BUT MAKE SURE THE DESIGN TOUCHES
THE FOL DS. COT OUT
AS MARKED WITH N
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ANGEL AND OPEN OUT.

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FOR MAKING
DECORATIONS

NEXT YEAR?

TO MAKE а TABLE
DECORATION, ASK YOUR
MOTHER IF YOU MAY HAVE
TWO CUPFULS OF WHITE
WASHING DETERGENT. WHISK
WITH A VERY SMALL QUANTITY
OF WATER UNTIL iT IS A STIFF j
PASTE. ARRANGE ROUND
THE EDGE OF Ө LOOKING-
GLASS. PLT IN а PIECE OF
FIR AND HOLLY AND POP A SANTA
OR ROBIN ON THE GLASS SO THAT HE LOOKS
AS THOUGH HE IS SKATING [ON СЕ.

Jennetta Vise

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GIRL GUIDES

І ovMAKERS and
Christmas time go
naturally together. So why
not try for this badge and
then give some of the toys
away as presents for Christ-
mas? Of course they will
have to be well made,
especially if you are going
to give them to a young
child, as they will probably
come in for a great deal of

rough handling. So take |

the trouble to fasten off
ends of cotton securely and
stuff the toys well without
making them too hard.

For the Toymaker badge
you have to choose to make
three toys only, but in these
articles I will describe the
five clauses from which you
may choose.

There is a sentence at the
beginning of the syllabus
which says that to be a toy-
maker you should make
without any help three of
the following toys. Don't
forget then the toy must be
all your own work. It goes
on to say that they must be
well made. As you know
already “Brownies do their
best", so I am sure you will
make each toy as well as
you can. lf you really do
this you will find that at the
end you will get a great deal
of satisfaction from doing
your best.

The next part of the
sentence says that the toys
must *be ready for use
before you take them to the
tester." A half finished toy
is no use to anyone, so take
your time and when the
toys are ready take them
along to the tester.

Perhaps you will choose

The Brownie, Ist December. 1976

Toymaker Badge (1)

Joan Owen

to do clause I from the
syllabus. This says “A toy
from old, clean stockings,
which you make at least
23cm high or long.

The thicker type of
stockings or tights are best
for making your toy, but
the fine nylon ones can be
cut up into small pieces and
used as stuffing.

First of all carefully wash
the stockings or tights and
when dry they are ready for
use.

What are you going to
make?

You will probably have
ideas of your own, but if
you want a suggestion as a
Brownie perhaps you
would like to make an owl.

Cut off the top and feet
of the stocking. Then
measure at least 23cm on
the rest of the stocking and
cut off remaining part. You

now have the body. Makea
mark about a third down
the body to show where the
neck comes. (About 8cm
from the top). Runa thread
all round the top of the
head and pull tightly and
fasten off. Turn inside out.
Stuff the head down to the
neck mark. Twist a strong
thread tightly round the
neck. Stuff the rest of the
body and if you want to
you can insert an oval of
card the width of the body
right at the bottom to help
the owl to stand up. Sew up
the base of the body.
Arrange the stuffing so that
there is a solid, even
amount round the bottom
part. Cut out a yellow
diamond shape for the
beak and sew on. Eyes are
large yellow circles with a
smaller brown one in centre
of each. Wings can be
brown wing-shaped pieces
of felt, sewn on either side,
or you could embroider
wing shapes on either side
of the body in chain or
feather stitch using brown
embroidery cotton.

Some embroidery
stitches on the head to
resemble feathers may
help. Two yellow felt feet
complete the owl.

Continued
next
week

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P ut it on, urged Rachel.
‘You are lucky Anne-Marie. What a lovely
present to have’.

Anne-Marie was hunting feverishly
amongst the folds of tissue paper. ‘There
should be a card to say who it is from, she
said. ‘But I can't find one’.

‘It’s fallen on the floor,’ said Kate picking
up a small white card and handing it to her.

‘It's from Martine, exclaimed Anne-
Marie. ‘Oh, how kind of her. She says 1
hope you are enjoying yourself in England.
If you are going to any parties I thought
you might like to have this cloak to wear’.
The little girl swung the cloak over her
shoulders and stroked the soft, rich velvet.

Rachel was frankly envious. ‘Wish I
could have one like it,’ she said.

‘Who is Martine? asked Jane in idle
curiosity.

'She is Papa's assistant. She works with
him in the laboratory,’ said Anne-Marie.
‘She is awfully clever’.

Mrs. Frinton came into the room and
admired the red velvet cloak. ‘It’s really
beautiful, she said. ‘You must write and
thank Martine straight away’.

‘TIl do it this afternoon,’ promised Anne-
Marie. She felt a little puzzled. It was rather
strange in a way that Martine had sent hera
present, she had never done so before, not
even at Christmas time.

'She has always called me that tiresome
child, Anne-Marie spoke her thoughts
aloud.

‘Who? asked Rachel, startled.

‘Martine’.

‘Perhaps she’s had a change of heart,
suggested Kate.

Anne-Marie frowned. ‘It’s odd,’ she said
briefly. Before she could say any more Mrs.
Frinton had a surprise for them.

‘Would you all like a day in London? she
asked.

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father, said

"Would they!"
‘Super idea, mummy,’ said Rachel.
‘It’s ages and ages since we last went,
said Kate.

‘I thought Anne-Marie really ought to
see something of our capital city while she
is staying with us’. Mrs. Frinton put the red
velvet cloak back in its box. ‘You had better

take your new cloak upstairs now, Anne-
Marie and hang it in the wardrobe or it will
only get creased'.

‘When are we going to London?
demanded Rachel eagerly. She loved the
shops and the hurrying crowds and travel-
ling on the underground.

"I his Saturday if the weather is decent,’
Mrs. Frinton planned happily. ‘We'll get an
early train and in the morning we'll go to
the Tower of London first, and then havea
look at the shops and find a nice place for
lunch'.

‘Can we have chocolate pudding,’ asked
Rachel who had a marked partiality for it.

‘If it's on the menu,’ said Mrs. Frinton.
‘Now, would you like to go to the Zoo in the
afternoon?”

‘Oh, yes, please!’ said Anne-Marie clap-
ping her hands together. ‘That I would very
much like’.

Saturday passed in a whirl. Anne-Marie .
gasped at the great gleaming jewels in the
old grey fortress, fell in love with the ducks
in St. James’s Park and nearly got lost ina
shop full of people where Jane bought her
favourite fudge, thick with cherries. She
laughed at the penguin parade and craned
her neck to look up at the tall giraffes.

‘My feet are killing те,’ said Mrs.
Frinton at last. 1 don't think I can possibly
walk another step’. She sank down on a
near-by bench.

‘But we haven’t shown Anne-Marie the
sea-lions,' protested Rachel. 'And they are
such fun to watch splashing in the water’.

‘Also I would like to buy a present for my
Anne-Marie anxiously
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A LL the words below have something to
do with a circus. Just take away all the
letter u's and d's to find what they are:

. culowduns . tiudgeurds
. uldidons . dupodnudides
We'll have to . hourudseds . tradupdezedud
knit faster or . bidug todup . sedadlidoduns
they'll be out — . deldephaduntus 0. drinugmudasuter

of fashion before
we've finished.

The Brownie. Ist December. 1976

Before you ask a parent and Brownie Guider to sign
the coupon you must make quite certain you have
not copied all or any parts of the item you send for

publication.

Beside the sea I layed.

And watched the sea as it
swayed,

Back and forth,

Upon the shore,

How beautiful to see.

Suddenly the sea is howling,
The sea is roaring.

Over the sea wall,

And onto the sea floor.

The fish all swimming.

As fast as they can.

The light-house bell rings,
And the light comes on
To warn the ships,
Upon the sea.
SUSAN MERCER,
2nd Egham Pack,
Surrey.

Under the sea is a nice place to
be,

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something to see.
The fish swim to and fro,
Oh, where does the time go.
The sea crashes on the shore
With a great roar,
That's the place I like to be,
Down in the sea.
DEBRA LAWS,
5th Whitton Pack,
Greater London West.

The sea is dark and
It really wants to play,
But it is rough and fartootough.
It never goes away,
So there it is to stay.
MARIA JOHNS,
2nd Marlow Pack,
Buckinghamshire.

grey,

Please remember to enclose a

completed reader'sscoupon with
vour contribution.

I like to walk beside the sea,

To pick up stones and shells for

me,

To dance in and out

Of the splashing foam,

l'm very sad when it's time to go

home.

| like to walk beside the sea.

| feel as happy as can be.
SARAH FAIRCLIFFE,
4th Wymondham Pack,

Norfolk.

The swirling waves,

Hollow out the caves.

The glistening fish,

Go a splash and a splish.

Oh, the roaming sea-horses all
foamy white,

You look like my floating day-
dream kite.

Oh, the gentle calm sound,
That | Bear, all. around.
I love the sea-shore,
Oh, the town is a bore,
With those horrible shops,
With those liquid ice-pops,
The sea with the eels,
And the slippery seals,
Are the things I like.
HELEN STOCKS,
9th Chester Pack,
Cheshire.

The sea is blue,
As blue as the sky,
Brown seaweed stays as the tide

These help to make the big black
caves.
In spring and summer

rolls by. The sea laps its way,
mo inter we have the fierce It’s never the same
waves,

Come night or come day.

EA MULBERG,
Ist Kelloholm Pack,
Dumfries, Scotland.

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Dear Brownie Guides,

‘BROWNIE’ is ours and I hope to have a photo-
graph of her so that you may all see her and know
what she looks like! THANK YOU, Brownies, all
those of you who sent donations to usfor our Guide
Dogs for the Blind Good Turn so quickly and
promptly in September and October. Since then
your donations for this cause have gone towards our
second Guide Dog whose name I cannot yet tell you,
but you will know this as soon we know it:

Some of you have wanted to help to make the
winter a little warmer and cosier, and happier for
elderly people and so you are sending us your Good
Turn money for our AGE CONCERN Good Turn.
And some of you decided to help to build the new
Holiday Home in Nottingham where disabled
people in their wheelchairs will be able to go for
their first holiday ever. This is another of our Christ-
mas Good Turns helping the WINGED
FELLOWSHIP TRUST to build this new Home
for next summer's holidays.

Some of you have, I know, heard a little about
our fourth Good Turn for this year. You have
heard, perhaps, from an older sister who is in the
Guides and read about it in her paper TODAY'S
GUIDE’, or your Brownie Guider may have told
you about it. I will tell you more. It is to help the
busy doctors in one of the very large London
hospitals to save the lives of children brought to
them with kidney failure or a kidney disease. It is
only in the last few years that doctors have dis-
covered that children with this trouble need not
always die. With the help of a kidney machine which
the patient learns to work and to look after, he can
be given an artificial kidney, which means he can
lead a fairly normal life so long as he has the
machine at home and uses it for so many hours
every day. Sometimes an operation is performed
and a new kidney takes the place of the old one, but
this too means a lot of after care for the patient. If
we can give this big hospital a good sum of money
for our Christmas Good Turn we shall make the

The Brownie, Ist December, 1976

THEGIRLGUIDE
FRIENDSHIP
FUND

doctors and nurses VERY happy; there are many
things they need for their young patients which the
National Health Service does NOT provide. These
have to be given, or paid for, by kind friends.

Some of you may have had a little friend with
kidney disease; some of you may even have known
the Brownie who was in this big London Hospital
for a long time and because she was so brave and
cheerful throughout her illness she was given an
award. Of course Brownies are always brave and
cheerful, but this Brownie was such a wonderful
example to all the other children in the ward that
everyone wanted her to have this award. She is now
very much better, due to the cleverness of the
doctors and nurses. It would be lovely if we
COULD give this hospital some of the things they
really do need, wouldn't it?

If you want to know more about any of these
Good Turns Brown Owl can send for the
information sheets — there is still plenty of time.
And will you tell Brown Owl that it will be quite all
right to send any donations for the Christmas Good.
Turns up to the end of January, because I know
,some of you may have your special efforts during
the holidays. Of course anything that can be sent
before Christmas will be very very helpful.

A very merry Christmas to you all!

With love form
V.A. of the G.G.F.F.
Donations and correspondence should be sent to:
GIRL GUIDE- FRIENDSHIP FUND
Girl Guides Association,
17/19 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SWIW OPT.

The Brownie, Ist December, 1976

H ERE are some ideas for
quick and easy decorations
which you can make with your
Brownies in the odd minutes
which inevitably occur when you
have many ‘ploys’ on the go (as
will no doubt be the case at this
time of year), for no two people
work at the same pace, even if
they are doing exactly the same
thing. Alternatively, you might
like to have a few minutes of
quiet ‘making’ in the midst of a
fairly hectic meeting, and. the
Brownies would certainly be
pleased to have something to
take home ,for their own
decorations. І have chosen very
simple ideas, using materials
Which will easily be obtained, if
not already to hand.

l. The Three Kings. For each
you will need a length of
cardboard tube (such as a toilet
roll centre), crepe or other
coloured paper, sticky tape,

Drawings
by

Kathy

Fisher

First Pack Holiday

| went on my first Pack Holi-
day this year to a village called
Easton, near Winchester. We
started our Pack Holiday by
making a human chain to unload
the coach. On Sunday we went to
church and then had turkey for
dinner. On Monday we never
went far, we only went for a
ramble by the riverside, just
before we went to bed. Tuesday
we went to Winchester. While we
were there we visited the fire
station, the cathedral and did
some shopping. On Wednesday
we went to Marwell Zoological
Park. We saw a lot of interesting
animals. After we had our lunch
we saw a baby zebra and a baby
ostrich. On Thursday after-
noon, we had Brownie Olympics,
I came 2nd in some races and 3rd
in others. Then it started raining
so we could not have a camp fire
outside, so we did some dancing,
then we made a circle around the

Peewee |

Mainly for

Pack
Leaders

by Jennifer Fisher

stapler or glue and scraps of
wool, anything glittery, etc.
Approximately the top third of
the roll is covered with a light-
coloured paper for the face, and
the remainder with any gaily
coloured paper suitable for the
King's robes. Facial features are
drawn or stuck on the face,
topped by a glittery crown, and
the robes can be decorated in any
way the Brownies like, using the
materials available.

2. A Christmas Star. For this
you need either foil-backed
paper, coloured foil (both of
which are obtainable at most
shops selling Christmas
wrapping papers) or kitchen foil.
Cut out a circle of foil (the size
will depend on the size you want
for the finished star, and the
materials you have available);
fold it in half, then in quarters,
then in eighths. Unfold the foil,
and cut three-quarters of the way
down the eight folds. Roll each
section around a pencil into a
cone. Two or more stars, of the

toadstool and sang songs inside.
On Friday it was my birthday
and in the afternoon I had a
party. As a special surprise my
parents, sisters and nan came to
see me. I had a box full of
presents, some jellies and a nice
big birthday cake. After tea we
played games and had a disco in
the evening. I enjoyed that day
very much. The next day we
packed and left to go home.
PENNY DOEL,
35th Portsmouth (Devonshire
Avenue Baptist) Pack,
East Hampshire.

Nature Reserve

One day, the 27th and 19th
Sutton Coldfield Packs went to
Birmingham Nature Reserve.
When we arrived we went
through the Butterfly Walk.
Then we looked at the badger,
the foxes, the donkey and the
pony. Later we had lunch, then

same or different sizes can be
glued together in the centre to
make a centre-piece, or for the
top of the tree. When you are
making this with Brownies a
template helps for the drawing of }
the circle...this can be cut from
strong card, or you can use a tin
lid or saucer.

3. Christmas Bells. These also %
are made from foil, and if no $
paper is involved, a cluster of
them can be used for a very
effective decoration for the front
door. To make two bells, cut a
circle of foil 5-6 inches in
diameter. Cut this circle in half.
Using one piece of foil, staple or
stick it with tape into a cone,
catching on the inside in the
staple or tape, one end of a 12-
inch piece of coloured string or
cord. Let the string go through
the point of the cone. The lower
edge can be left plain or slightly
fringed. Two or more bells are
tied together in a cluster, and
they can be attached to a natural
or painted twig, a piece of
evergreen foliage, or simply used
as small decorations for the tree.
Ask the Brownies for further
suggestions for their use, they
will have many :

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we played games and a story told
to us about Indians. Then we all
went back to Sutton Coldfield.

MELANIE. JOYCE and
JOANNA GAY,

27th Sutton Coldfield Pack,
Birmingham.

Forgetful Brownie

Ist September was our first
Brownie meeting after the holi-
days. In THE BROWNIE maga-
zine we were told to check that
everything was ready the day
before, but I forgot. At the last
minute I could not find my tie
anywhere, so I had to go with-
out it. I was very sad as I had only
taken my Promise Ceremony in
June. When I got home and took
off my hat, my tie fell out from
inside. | had been wearing it all
the time, but in the wrong place.
Thank you for our interesting
magazine.

VICTORIA PARKER,
36th Sutton Coldfield Pack,
Warwickshire.

The Brownie, 1st December, 1976

‘It will stand on papa's desk,” she said
happily.
counting her money. Rachel, who had been gazing idly out of
‘You take charge, Jane., said her mother. (һе window, gave a little jump. Her eyes
TII just go and have a cup of tea and sit widened and she stood on tip-toe to see
down for half an hour. better. He was holding his evening news-
'Sea-lions this way, said Rachel fol- paper at an awkward angle but she could
lowing the sign-post directions round a read the headline quite clearly; it said

corner. | 5 simply ‘French Scientist’s secret plans
They lingered at the pool for a whileand — stolen.

then made their way to the gift-shop where
Anne-Marie chose a carved wooden
clephant.

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